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[ravena_kade]

I just found out that the daughter of the cousin who passed away had 3 stents put in her heart Friday. She is just 40. She also has diabetes like her Father did. I dont know if that makes heart issues worse. I hope the cousins all start thinking. One has cancer, she is doing well, but it is not a curable kind. 2 are over 300lbs, and one is so sleep deprived and stressed out that I am surprised she hasn't had any sort of stress related illness. Her heart must be good.
I still have my food things. Not much tastes good... low sodium in the house sucks. The food at the hospital cafeteria also isn't healthy. They do have a solid bar but it costs an arm and a leg. I do like restaurant food but it's not in my budget for everyday food I still love a lobster and my clams in Ipswich. I craved sausage so I bought some... and they were just meh. Not really a bad thing because sausage really isn't great for you.
I think I want to get back to my Asian type foods. I had 2 cook books picked out to cook from as I planned what to do when Dad had his open heart surgery...which we were planning for now. That changed...and is good...but it has changed what I wanted to schedule for myself too. I guess I have to give in to the idea of planning two separate menus if I want to be happy with what I eat and not resort to candy after eating a dull meal.
All this health stuff also tells me that I can't wait until I retire to do what I want to do art wise. I may not have the time. In march the Animal Shelter moves to a place that has absolutely no access to public transportation and is up a huge steep hill that walking is hard (heaven forbid that something that is for the public actually be accessible to all of the public in a big city) and would take a a half hour to get there from my house by car so I can't make it home from work and feed dad and get there before 6 PM so I am giving up my shift. I can use this to work on my projects. Most people already accept that I have not been around for over 20 years on a Monday night so it shouldn't be too hard. My last sift is when they move in March.

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[guy_todd]

Did the shelter say why they are moving? :(

[ravena_kade]

The city has built a new facility for the shelter... a giant behemoth of wasted space up on a hill. It cost the tax payers 15 million.

I hope to find something there to volunteer with on a Saturday once a month and help with fund raisers and such.

In the end it's for the best. We keep getting huge untrained dogs and I am the strongest on Monday nights...but I'd 60 this year and being yanked all over creation hurts. That and the coyote experience a few weeks ago still scares me. I know it's mating season so they are bolder, but I was afraid and there was no one to help.

[malterre]

Sorry the shelter is moving but hopefully you get the brushes and kiln humming

[gwendraith]

Does adding something like garlic, paprika, black pepper, onion powder etc, help make your food more palatable? I'm the other way, I don't care for salty food and seldom add any salt except on eggs or chips (fries) so it's not such a problem for me.

It's such a shame about the shelter moving, have they said why?

[ravena_kade]

I have never added salt at the table and when I cook I would only add salt when I first sauté the veggies. The thing is that many products are made with/preserved with sodium. The tins of tomatoes used to make spaghetti sauce are processed using sodium so to go to a no sodium version makes everything flat. Lovely breads have between 190 to 340 mg of sodium per slice and they dont taste salty. Normal chicken broth in a box can have 800 mg of sodium in a serving. The no sodium added has 35 mg. IT's wet, but tastes like someone just poured water through a chicken like on the 3 Stooges.

I do have lots of garlic and vinegar and spices but it's not the same. And adding salt after the cooking does just make the thing taste salty. It lacks depth of flavor. Dad ends up putting hot sauce on everything except dessert.

[gwendraith]

I don't cook with salt at all and yes, it is difficult to buy many products that don't have sodium added. I always choose the low sodium options with everything I buy. I usually buy reduced salt and sugar ketchup and I get a 400 gram tin of peeled tomatoes that has 40grams of sodium or a 400 gram jar of passata with 300 grams which I guess provides maybe two to three portions? - but that's probably too high for your dad? I suppose because I am used to a small amount of sodium it tastes fine to me. I know it's difficult to cook for your dad and not have it the way you prefer it.

[disneydream06]

The shelter was definitely put in a lousy place. :o

I hope some of your family start taking care of themselves. :o
Hugs, Jon

[ravena_kade]

Nope...after eating the healthy chili I made they ordered pizza and sub sandwiches (not sure what they call them in your state...Hoagies, Grinders?).

Dad had a cheese burger and gained 3 pounds this morning.

[disneydream06]

UGH.....
Dad still can't wrap eating healthy around his head, huh?

Yeah, we call them Subs.
And I soooooooo want one, but I am trying not to eat bread for some bizarre reason. LOL......